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In the Friday paper

Boniface Keakabetse 19 December 2014

Watershed year at BSE

The BSE transition bill also sailed through parliament, which will allow the incorporation of the Stock Exchange providing it with the flexibility to operate on a more commercial basis and enter into strategic alliances. In the year, the stock...

Keikantse Lesemela 19 December 2014

�Who can I trust?�

I fully recognise that there’s a fundamental flaw in that statement. The Internet isn’t a thing that can be trusted or not trusted. Saying the Internet isn’t trustworthy is a bit like saying that the postal or telephone systems...

Keikantse Lesemela 19 December 2014

Buoyant property sector losses steam

While new developments continue to clutter the skyline of the Central Business District (CBD), rentals in secondary office market space such as Gaborone Main Mall and Commerce Park softened while the retail sector also approached saturation in...

Pauline Dikuelo | 19 December 2014

Banking sectors sails unchartered waters

At the end of the first half of 2014, asset quality remained stable and within normal range, while earnings and interest income were stable but non-interest income margins were constrained. In the same year, major banks continued to experience...

Isaac Pinielo 19 December 2014

Butale: The Queen of Ping Pong

 Born 31 years ago in Makaleng, because of her diminutive figure Butale stayed clear of contact sports like netball, tennis and volleyball and instead chose table tennis.  It was however not before she dabbled in lawn tennis which she...

Teichler Rankoa 19 December 2014

Economy growth steadies in lukewarm 2014

According to figures presented by Statistics Botswana, the economy grew by 5.8 percent and 5.2 percent in the first and second quarter respectively, with analysts forecasting a year-end growth of around 5%. While the IMF and other pundits forecast...

Brian Benza 19 December 2014

Mmadinare Xmas race to honour Kedikilwe

Apparently, “PHK” as Kedikilwe is affectionately called has been the marathon sponsor since 1989. The committee chairperson Moses Raphutshe has said that this year’s race is also meant to celebrate its 25 years of existence without...

Onalenna Kelebeile 19 December 2014

Orapa United striker mulls legal action after termination of contract

The former FC Satmos and Motlakase player claims he is owed P15, 000 in signing on fees while his contract is valid till 2016. Sibanda Orapa at the start of the season. “I’m left with no choice but to take the legal route over the...

Thato Kala 19 December 2014

BONA covets foreign coach

Botswana was awarded the rights to host the event ahead of its bid rival, Cook Islands. Recently, BONA sent teams to the African Union Sports Council Region Five Youth Games in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and a youthful senior team to the Nations Cup in...

Thato Kala 19 December 2014

Motlakase Power Dynamos stadium auctioned

Jago Investment attorney, Morris Ndawana has said the auction was necessitated by a default on the payment of around P1.5 million loan. He said the sale was effected on December 5.  The stadium that sits on a 2.5881-hectare piece of land in...

Onalenna Kelebeile 19 December 2014

Big Five losers of 2014

Ian Khama and BDP After five years abusing the State media to campaign for this year’s election, President Ian Khama and his ruling Botswana Democratic Party  (BDP) only managed to get 46 percent of the popular vote. This is despite the...

Brian Benza 19 December 2014

Yet another eventful year in sports

BFA internal bickering The Botswana Football Association (BFA), which seems to thrive on controversy, was at it again. There was reported bad blood between Britons, Zebras coach, Peter Butler and general manager Keith Masters. Butler at some point...

Calistus Kolantsho | 19 December 2014

A busy festive season anticipated

The Annual Home Coming Concert This legendary and annual concert will be held in Mahalapye. According to its organiser Easy B, Home Coming continues to bring fun lovers together, creating some good memories and new friendship.   Line up: Dj...

Dumisani Ncube 19 December 2014

The past year in foreign news

Saturday, 8 March Flight MH 370 disappears Malaysia Airline Flight MH370 disappeared on Saturday, 8 March 2014, while flying from Kuala Lumpur International Airport, to Beijing International Airport, China.  The aircraft carrying 227...

Calistus Kolantsho 19 December 2014

Puberty, wedding, polka dances missing at WCKA festival

The 13 groups that made the trip to Kang were Badirammogo from Maake, Inalegolo, Phuduhuu Tshwara from Kokotsha, Xalaxwa from Bere, Future from New Xade, Valley from West Hanahai, Ipeleng from East Hanahai, Uxhauta from Zutshwa, Zowa from Monong,...

Thalefang Charles | 19 December 2014

Airport contractor sues govt in P43m dispute

Government retrieved the penalty  from the  project’s initial P433 million   contract  sum in November 2012 as a contract default penalty. This followed the termination of  Sinohydro’s Sir Seretse Khama...

Brian Benza 19 December 2014

Go ahead, join your motshelo

Here is why: motshelo brings frustration and regret. It can reduce you to an empty can, and make you appear like an irresponsible mother or father. Ever heard the cliché “money is the root of all evil’? Whoever said that must have...

Lerato Maleke 19 December 2014

TA book to extol all that is Khama

The book, written in vernacular, is a marvellous reveal of the subject particularly for those who wish to know more about President Ian Khama and his unique leadership style. The 40-page book is a compilation of poems praising Khama for his...

Lerato Maleke 19 December 2014

�Neither a borrower nor a lender be�

Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all: to thine ownself be true.   William Shakespeare’s immortal words are ringing in the ears of many...

Mbongeni Mguni | 19 December 2014

A brief history of motshelo

In the decades before the economic miracles brought on by the discovery of diamonds and coal, Batswana engaged in cooperative societies commonly known as motshelo as a way of helping each other and promoting individual standards of living.  The...

Mbongeni Mguni 19 December 2014

SSG should exercise restraint in Thamaga

Indeed Thamaga residents should be happy that the SSG presence in their village has given them respite from the notorious gangs that have maimed and killed people. But when the community agreed to a curfew, they would not have imagined that everyone...

Mmegi Editor | 19 December 2014

The power of togetherness

Cooperative savings societies are critical for many Batswana having been in existence since time immemorial. Thousands of families have made ends meet through these simple financial models. Some single-mother households have raised children through...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 19 December 2014

Dramatic session of the 11th Parliament

It was a hectic sitting for Members of Parliament who started work almost straight from the campaigns. Most MPs have now acclimatised to the new conditions including the decorum in the house, rules and procedures. The 11th Parliament is somewhat...

Dithapelo Keorapetse 19 December 2014

Senior DCEC officer was DIS informer in Kgosi case

The DCEC senior officer (name withheld) acted as an informer in exchange for payment of university fees and allowances for his child at a foreign university by Directorate of Intelligence Services (DIS) headed by Kgosi. Mmegi investigations have...

Thalefang Charles | 19 December 2014

Now Thamaga residents live in terror of SSG

Those who have crossed paths with the SSG say the gun and baton toting green uniformed paramilitary police officers have now replaced terror with terror, effectively establishing marshal law in the village. “Last week, I heard someone knock...

Richard Moleofe 19 December 2014

Molale comes to parliament with missiles on the ready

The reader needs to note that this is a man who has literally grown up in Government and understands all the workings of this machinery far much more than a lot of us. If the Government of Botswana has any ancestors, he is certainly one of...

Richard Moleofe 19 December 2014

The dangers and risks of probing a spymaster

The Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crimes (DCEC) officers investigating Kgosi were protected by several security organs including the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) in an expensive operation. Exclusive information obtained by Mmegi indicates...

Thalefang Charles | 19 December 2014

The dramatis personae in Kgosigate

Nsingo Jere A Zambian national and director of Powerforce. Little was known about him until 2013 when he was paraded by government spin-doctors as the constructor of President Ian Khama’s house in Mosu. He has also constructed Kgosi’s...

Thalefang Charles 19 December 2014

�The complete Kgosi investigation�

The embattled spy chief is likely to face 16 counts of corruption from the initial 35 previously prepared by the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC). Mmegi investigations indicate that the DCEC has handed over the docket to the...

Ntibinyane Ntibinyane 19 December 2014